I thought this episode to be weak. Jared's acting in that scene where they are attacked at the church was appalling. This episode for me remains a low one and the very lowest for Jared.
I love when characters think Sam is sweet. He is not. As you said. His behavior is for neccessity...to get info.
Jensen still looked like Alec and Sam like Dean in that one photo!!!! LOL!
It's not exactly one of their best episodes, but I'm inclined to blame the writing as much as the acting. Some of that stuff, there's just no way to say and sound like a human being. :)
Probably too much thought. :) It was actually a relief when I learnt it had been changed - I didn't know when I first saw it, and I couldn't figure out why they were telling me all these things I already knew.
I have always found Hookman to be very confusing when it comes to the way to kill a ghost. Like you, it makes no sense to me that melting something that had already been melted would suddenly destroy the ghost. I have come to the conclusion that the fire is less important than the salt. Presumably, the silver wasn't reforged with salt. I also think that once someone has become a ghost, the hunter BELIEVING that the ritual will work has to play a part in dispersing the ghost. IRL cremation requires very high temperatures for a certain period of time, far more than a simple gasoline fire could generate. But throw in some salt and the hunter believing the ghost will die and voila! the ghost disappears. That's my handwave anyway the salt is the crucial component.
I'm really enjoying this series of meta's I love how you are relating the case of the week back to the boy's situation. Thank you so much for doing this. I look forward to your analysis.
I think you're probably right - I'm sure the burning is symbolic, since they're not really doing more than warming bones up a bit. It's just a purification ritual: salt and fire, to burn away with supernatural 'germiness' attached to the corpse. I do think this story falls down on making that clear, though, because the focus is on the fire, and the ghost doesn't vanish until the cross loses its shape; they make it look like the fire is the most important thing. Mostly, I think they really liked the idea of linking Lori's necklace to the haunting and didn't think through the logic of it as well as they should have.
Oh, thanks. They are a lot of fun to do, even if they do also show how obsessed I actually am. :)
Another great review. S1 is the only season that doesn't have a single episode that I dislike, but Hook Man is definitely my least favourite episode of that season. Like you, I am very uncomfortable with Lori's character and I am not particularly impressed by the show's handling of the Hook Man legend. Not to mention the awkwardness in the characterisation that results from the episode switch. But well, it is what it is. :)
Thanks. :) Yes - I think it suffers, because by this point in the season they were starting to find their rhythm and then suddenly we're bounced back to the early efforts. Even aside from the bits that don't make sense. But I've seen worse. :)
Lori's character and her church are very well done to me, because this is what many non-mainstream small American churches are like.
Also, her father is probably right to be concerned about her living on campus what with the huge amount of binge drinking that goes on there, and as she seems rather easily led she could easily drink to much and choke to death on her own vomit or die of alcohol poisoning or any number of other nasty things.
Also remember, the Puritans moved to the US; her father obviously has some rather puritanical views, which again are in line with some of the smaller churches I have seen.
Oh, I don't doubt that such people exist, I just worry about treating her fairly - because she and I disagree on so many basic points I struggle to determine what are reasonable decisions for her.
I'm not sure I agree about her father's concern, though. I know some students engage in binge drinking, but it doesn't follow from there that all students do. If Lori is in actual danger, I think it's the duty of the story to show me that. If they juxtapose her father's little rant with images of students studying and sleeping, then I'm inclined to think he's making mountains out of molehills.
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I love when characters think Sam is sweet. He is not. As you said. His behavior is for neccessity...to get info.
Jensen still looked like Alec and Sam like Dean in that one photo!!!! LOL!
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I'm really enjoying this series of meta's I love how you are relating the case of the week back to the boy's situation. Thank you so much for doing this. I look forward to your analysis.
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Oh, thanks. They are a lot of fun to do, even if they do also show how obsessed I actually am. :)
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Also, her father is probably right to be concerned about her living on campus what with the huge amount of binge drinking that goes on there, and as she seems rather easily led she could easily drink to much and choke to death on her own vomit or die of alcohol poisoning or any number of other nasty things.
Also remember, the Puritans moved to the US; her father obviously has some rather puritanical views, which again are in line with some of the smaller churches I have seen.
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I'm not sure I agree about her father's concern, though. I know some students engage in binge drinking, but it doesn't follow from there that all students do. If Lori is in actual danger, I think it's the duty of the story to show me that. If they juxtapose her father's little rant with images of students studying and sleeping, then I'm inclined to think he's making mountains out of molehills.
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